Business Community

Thank you to our Business Sponsors: Burgerville of Orchards, Foster Farms, YMCA of Clark County, Corwin Beverage (Pepsi), RV Pro, Reister Farms, Dominos Pizza, BOC Gas, and Starbucks

Thousands of businesses across America and in Washington are offering mentoring as a means to provide support for local youth. In the process, they find their own employees benefit as much as the youth they serve. In just one hour each week, during the work day at a local school or in the community, these mentors help improve the lives of the young people who will one day join the workforce.

The CCMRT is made up of mentor program coordinators willing and ready to:

• Identify mentoring programs in need of mentors
• Assistance in matching mentors and youth at the assigned programs
• Offer ongoing support, technical assistance, and evaluation tools to assure the effective mentoring initiative
• Train and prepare mentors to work with youth

• Mentored Youth:
• Improve Self Esteem
• Decrease hostility
• Decrease drug and alcohol use
• Improve school attendance
• Strengthen family relationships
• Improve communication skills

• Employees who are mentors:
• Return to work happier
• Experience greater job satisfaction
• Work longer hours
• Accept more challenges at work and at home
• Are more patient
• Improve their morale
• Get along better with co-workers and their family
• Feel better about themselves for having influenced the life of a child
• Are more loyal and take pride in their company

• Improves their image in the community
• Increased community awareness of their mission
• Prepares the workforce for the 21st Century

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